Proverbs Method Test - the question form

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1. Happy is the one whose conscience is clear.
1 – Agree to a very slight extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
2. Shame is not smoke; it will not make your eyes smart.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Agree in general
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
3. It is better to live in poverty than to become rich through wrongdoing.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
4. What good is honor if there is nothing to eat?
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
5. One does not live by bread alone.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
6. Those who have money live well.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
7. Happiness is not in money.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
8. When I see money, I lose all sense of myself.
1 – Agree to a very slight extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
9. If happiness is on your side, you have nothing to worry about.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
10. Where happiness thrives, envy arises as well.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partially agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
11. Those who live well live long.
1 – Agree to a very slight extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
12. Living life is not like crossing a field.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
13. If you fear misfortune, you will not see happiness.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
14. People’s happiness is like water in a net.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
15. Money can always be earned again.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
16. I was born with nothing, and I will die with nothing.
1 – Agree to a very slight extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
17. Only those who do nothing do not make mistakes.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
18. God protects those who are careful.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
19. Trust in God, but do not be idle yourself.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
20. Do not take action without knowing what you are getting into.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
21. Everyone is the maker of their own happiness.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
22. Struggles intensely but makes little progress.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
23. Where there is a will, there is a way.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Agree in general
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
24. You cannot break through a wall with your forehead.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
25. A good reputation is better than wealth.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Agree in general
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
26. You cannot rise above your limitations.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
27. As you live, so you will be known.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
28. You cannot do more than your abilities allow.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
29. There are still kind people in the world.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
30. There will be enough fools for our lifetime.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
31. People are everything, and money is mere dust.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partially agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
32. Everyone obeys money.
1 - Agree to a very small extent
2 - Partly agree
3 - Generally agree
4 - Almost completely agree
5 - Completely agree
33. What lives in other people will not pass us by either.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
34. I live as I see fit, not as others want.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
35. If you fall behind the people, you may become a victim.
1 – Agree to a very slight extent
2 – Partially agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
36. No one can tell me what to do.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
37. Everyone is responsible for themselves.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
38. My house is on the edge; I know nothing about it.
1 – Agree to a very slight extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
39. Charity begins at home.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
40. This is none of my concern.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
41. Sacrifice yourself to help a friend.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
42. Do good to others without bringing trouble on yourself.
1 – Agree to a very slight extent
2 – Partially agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
43. Life is meant for doing good deeds.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
44. If you want good for yourself, do not do harm to anyone.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
45. It is better to have a hundred friends than a hundred rubles.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Strongly agree
46. At a meal everyone is a neighbor, but when trouble comes, they vanish like water.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partially agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
47. Good companionship is better than wealth.
1 - Agree to a very small extent
2 - Partly agree
3 - Generally agree
4 - Almost completely agree
5 - Completely agree
48. When hard times come, friends will turn away.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
49. Learning is light; ignorance is darkness.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
50. The more you know, the sooner you will grow old.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
51. Learning is better than wealth.
1 – Agree to a very slight extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
52. Live for a century, learn for a century—and still die a fool.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
53. Nothing good comes without effort.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
54. Honest hard work will not make you rich.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
55. A person can become wealthy if they sleep little because of hard work.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
56. You will not get rich from hard work; you are more likely to become worn out.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
57. What is the point of making laws if they are not followed?
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
58. The law is like a spider web: a bumblebee will slip through, but a fly will get stuck.
Agree to a very slight extent
Partly agree
Generally agree
Almost completely agree
Completely agree
59. Where the law is firm, everyone is wise.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
60. The law is like a wagon pole: it can be turned whichever way you want.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Strongly agree
1. Happy is the person whose conscience is clear.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
2. Shame is not like smoke; it will not sting your eyes.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
3. It is better to live in poverty than to become rich through wrongdoing.
1 – Agree to a very slight extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
4. What is honor worth if there is nothing to eat?
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
5. People do not live by bread alone.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
6. Life is easier for those who have money.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Strongly agree
7. Happiness is not in money.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
8. When I see money, I lose all sense of myself.
1 - Agree to a very small extent
2 - Partly agree
3 - Generally agree
4 - Almost completely agree
5 - Completely agree
9. Those whom fortune favors do not worry about anything.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
10. Where happiness flourishes, envy is born as well.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
11. Those who live well live long.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
12. Living life is not as easy as crossing a field.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
13. If you fear misfortune, you will not find happiness.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
14. Human happiness is like water in a fishing net.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
15. Money can be earned.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
16. I was born with nothing, and I will die with nothing.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
17. Only those who do nothing never make mistakes.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
18. God helps those who are cautious.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
19. Trust in God, but do not neglect your own efforts.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
20. Do not enter the water without knowing where it is safe to cross.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Agree in general
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
21. Everyone is the maker of their own happiness.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
22. To struggle desperately with no success.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
23. Where there is a will, there is a way.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
24. You cannot break through a wall with your forehead.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
25. A good reputation is better than wealth.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
26. Ears do not grow higher than the forehead.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
27. As you live, so you will be known.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
28. You cannot go beyond your limits.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
29. There are still kind people in the world.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
30. There will always be enough fools for our lifetime.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
31. People are everything, and money is just dirt.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
32. Everyone obeys money.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
33. What is in other people will not pass us by.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
34. I live the way it suits me, not the way others want.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
35. Fall behind the people and you become a victim.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
36. No one can tell me what to do.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
37. Everyone is responsible for themselves.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
38. It is best to stay out of things and not get involved.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
39. Charity begins at home.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
40. It is none of my business.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
41. Put yourself at a loss, but help a friend in need.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
42. Do good to others without bringing trouble upon yourself.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
43. Life is meant for doing good deeds.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
44. If you want good for yourself, do not do harm to anyone.
1 – Agree to a very slight extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
45. Do not have a hundred rubles; have a hundred friends.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
46. At the dinner table everyone is a neighbor, but when trouble comes, they disappear like water.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partially agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
47. Good fellowship is better than wealth.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
48. When hard times come, friends will turn away.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
49. Learning is light; ignorance is darkness.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Agree almost completely
5 – Completely agree
50. The more you know, the sooner you will grow old.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
51. Learning is better than wealth.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
52. Live and learn all your life, and still die a fool.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
53. Nothing good comes without effort.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
54. Honest labor will not make you rich.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
55. A person can become wealthy if they sleep little because of work.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
56. Working hard will not make you rich; it is more likely to wear you out.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
57. What is the point of making laws if they are not obeyed?
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
58. The law is like a spider web: a bumblebee will slip through, but a fly will get stuck.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Agree partly
3 – Agree in general
4 – Agree almost completely
5 – Agree completely
59. Where the law is firm, everyone is wise.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
60. The law is like a wagon shaft: it can be turned whichever way you want.
1 – Agree to a very small extent
2 – Partly agree
3 – Generally agree
4 – Almost completely agree
5 – Completely agree
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